West Indies beat Afghanistan by 23 runs in the final group match for both sides at the Cricket World Cup on Thursday. Shai Hope top-scored for the West Indies at Headingley with 77 while Nicholas Pooran and captain Jason Holder stepped up the pace as they reached 311-6 in their 50 overs. Afghanistan mustered 288 all out in reply to fall to their ninth defeat out of nine despite a fighting 86 from Ikram Alikhil. Neither side can qualify for next week's World Cup semi-finals. (SCORECARD)
World Cup 2019 Match Today, Highlights Between Afghanistan vs West Indies, Straight from Headingley, Leeds.
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Rashid Khan is gone now and Carlos Brathwaite gets his fourth wicket. Once again it was the captain Jason Holder who grabs a brilliant catch at long off.
Asghar Afghan departs after a good innings of 40 off 31 balls. He tried to clear the long-off, where Jason Holder the catch right on the boundary. Afghanistan are now 244/7.
Drifted down the leg side and Asghar Afghan gets a little tickle on to it and it raced away for another boundary. 9 off the over from the first two deliveries.
Mohammad Nabi departs as Kemar Roach gets his second wicket of the match. Nabi was looking to go aerial but finds Fabian Allen in the deep. Afghanistan lose their fifth.
Run-out, Afghanistan are throwing it away now. Second wicket in the over. A big mix-up between the batsmen and Najibullah had to depart. Afghanistan four down now.
Chris Gayle gets the big one, Ikram Ali Khil is given out LBW. He goes for the review and the replay shows he was caught right in front of the stump. Afghanistan lose their review. What an exceptional innings from the youngster.
Straight down the ground from Najibullah Zadran. Carlos Braithwaite bowled it right in the slot and Najibullah lofts it over long off for a huge maximum.
Chris Gayle beat the bat of Ikram Ali Khil and the keeper went up for stumping. But Shai Hope has missed the ball and broken the stumps with his hands. Ikram survives.
Jason Holder has overstepped on the last ball of his over and it is a free hit for Afghanistan. Rahmat Shah fails to find the boundary and Holder gets away with just a single.
Jason Holder has bowled it short and Rahmat Shah just swivels around and finds the gap on the leg side, another four for Afghanistan's opening batsman.
Afghanistan
West Indies Cricket Team
Headingley, Leeds